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Morning, Odd friends! It’s Friday, and it’s Leah here with you to greet the weekend with a smile! Hope the week has been kind to all of you, and that the days ahead are full of fun, or relaxation, or both! 😀

Today, I have a super SWEET spotlight to share on a couple of stunners that were posted in our new Facebook community. Have you joined us there yet? It’s HOPPIN’, people! Seriously – so many great topics and amazing projects being shared… I could spend all day just checking out all the goings on!

Kinda SERIOUSLY loving the details here. The zentangles make a great background for our Electric Love (currently unavailable) stamp, right?! And the doodly border with the sentiment blending in – PERFECT! Heck, it looks like the entire panel is MADE like that, as if it was just one stamp, and she colored just the lightbulb. BUT NO. This girl put a LOT of love into this sweet card, and while it’s a small section for a zentangle with just 6 areas, it takes some real time and attention. THANK YOU, Laurel, for sharing this beauty with us! When I saw it in the group, I couldn’t wait to add you to my spotlight post!

Next up, a fabulous scene comprised of just two different digis… But oh, what an impact JUST TWO DIGIS can have! Look at this project from Janine Vegter:

Janine is no stranger to Some Odd Girl stamps, and she has definitely nailed her personal touches. We love when she shares new projects with us, and we ABSOLUTELY LOVE how she merged the Flower digi (x3) with the Flower Fairy digi, and turned them into one gorgeous scene that, again, LOOKS like it was made that way! What a fantastic knack for combining images to create something beautiful! Thank you so much for always showing the SOGgy love, Janine. We love what you do with our stamps!

So now we start the weekend. What are your plans? Drop by our Facebook community and say hello and see more inspiring stuff like the projects I’ve shared today! And hurry up and SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter… You never know when something TOTALLY exclusive might pop up in there (and if you miss it, you miss it!). 😉 See you on Monday!

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Good morning crafty Odd friends! It’s Judy here with you today and I’ve got a stamp tutorial and video tip to share with you!

Even though one is a digi and one is a clear stamp, I wanted to put Turkey Day Kaylee and Gingerbread Kaylee together as one image. Can this be done?!? Yes, and it is super easy! All you need to do is make a mask to cover one of the images. Let me show you!

Start off by printing two digis that are the exact same size. One image is for you to color and the other is what you will make a mask with. Fussy cut the image you are using for the mask. Make sure you cut very close to the line. I like to use a thin paper for my masks…something like notebook paper or regular copy paper works great. It’s not a must, but the thinner paper helps to make clean lines where the images come together. (My mask will be the yellow image.)

Cover the image you plan to color with the mask. Make sure to line it up exactly. You can put a little removable adhesive on the mask to hold it in place if that helps. Then stamp your clear image right over the mask where you want them to connect.

Before you remove the mask, it will look like this. You can see where they overlap.

Take the mask away, and now it appears to be one image instead of two. Now you can color them up and use them for your project, just like you would any other stamped image.

There are so many good uses for this technique. It doesn’t have just be for combining your digital and clear stamps, use it for 2 clear images…or mask off a spot to add a sentiment. It is really handy when working with the Kaylee’s Closet set too! So play around with it and let us know how it works for you.

Wait! Don’t go yet. Before you run off to try out the masking technique, I have a quick video tip for you. This tip will help you deal with those pesky clear stamps that don’t want to stamp the complete image.

I hope this quick tutorial and tip help make your stamping projects a little easier. Make sure to join us tomorrow as we kick off our fun Fall/Thanksgiving crop in the Some Odd World Ning community! We have fun games, challenges, and of course….PRIZES!!

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So you know we often do things a little ODDLY around here, right? Well we crammed so much non-card action into last week that we didn’t have time for a spotlight! I’m making up for that, however, because OH MY GOOMIE, I have some eye candy for you!

Ready for this? I don’t think you are! But I’m gonna throw it on down, anyway. 🙂 Here we go…

Our first “Friday” sp0tlight projects comes from the nifty Lou Mac, former Odd Girl (and always an Odd Girl, in our books). She shared this on our Facebook Page, and I am seery-issly in love with this fun combination of images!

STUNNING, no?! Lou used Shy Kaylee (digi) with Foxy (clear) and mushrooms and snail from Hey Kaylee (clear) and rocked the heck out of this card. SOMEONE’S granddaughter is going to love it as much as I do!

Next up, we have this blue beauty, also shared in our Facebook group by Lyndsey – she said she didn’t post in time to play along with our July challenge, but aren’t you glad she shared anyway? Sorry you didn’t make the deadline, Lyndsey, but WOW, this is GORGEOUS!

Sweet Thinkin’ Mae (clear) looks lovely in that shade of blue, and those EYES! I think the sentiment is perfect for this image and this color combination is LOVELY! The blues really pop! I’d love to get this one in the mail! Just sayin’…

And one more to kick start your week… Mondays aren’t everyone’s favorite, but when they’re full of all this fabulosity, it’s hard to hate ’em so much! 🙂

This one was shared in the Some Odd World gallery – Jessica Sipola created this birthday card using MerMan Kody(digi), and there’s just something about the SOFTNESS of it that really caught my eye. The card is simple, the coloring is soft and subtle, and there are FLOWERS and FLOURISHES on it. And I LOVE the heck out of it!

Jessica, thank you for sharing with us at Some Odd World, and for all to see here, at the SOGgy blog! 🙂 Hope you don’t mind. 😉 Your card is positively LOVELY, and Kody is quite in touch with his masculinity. Hunky stud, he is. No wonder Mae’s so smitten. 😀

So that’s how Monday is done, folks. Thanks for swinging by, and thanks to EVERYONE who shares the SOGgy love, everyone on the ‘net! I love discovering new projects here and there and everywhere, and I am forever inspired by you talented crafty folks!

Tune in tomorrow when we share the next batch of digis! Yep, another fun new release, and I’m quite certain they’re gonna make Merman Kody wish he’d worn a hoodie to THIS party. 😀